University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 73
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Metadata
- DS ID:
- DS1642
- Shelfmark:
- Oversize Ms. Codex 73
- Title:
- Carta executoria de hidalguia a pedimiento : de Alonso de Montalvan, vezino de la ciudad de Sevilla.
- Spain. Sovereign (1556-1598 : Philip II)
- Place:
- Granada, 1589
- Date:
- 1589
- Language:
- Spanish
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 58 leaves : parchment, color illustrations, coats of arms ; 309 x 208 (215 x 142) mm bound to 325 x 210 mm
- Note:
- Foliation: Parchment, 58; [1-58]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Title from colophon (f. 55r).
Origin: Written in Granada, 1589 (f. 55r).
Layout: Written in 34 long lines; ruled in red ink.
Binding: Contemporary gilt stamped leather over wooden boards, partly restored, but still fragile. Spine is split and deteriorating, upper hinge is loose, lower cover is completely detached, and f. 57-58 is nearly detached. Binding coming apart between f. 30-31. The book is generally musty; there might be evidence of slight water or mildew damage at the beginning and end.
Decoration: Three full page illuminated miniatures: Madonna and Child standing upon a winged serpent, with St. Francis of Assisi, the stigmata visible on his right palm, kneeling alongside, surrounded by an illuminated border depicting objects such as doorways, vessels, buildings, mirrors, plants, a four-headed winged creature and a smaller miniature of God with a triangular halo representing...
Script: Written in Spanish rotunda script by a single hand, with another document in a second, less formal hand (f. 55v-56v), and notes and comments in several additional hands (f. 1r, 55r, 56v, and 58v).
Acquired, 1952. - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915517873503681
- IIIF Manifest:
- https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p37m0c/manifest
- Holding Institution:
